Massachusetts College of Art and Design - Palette and Pen Yearbook (Boston, MA)

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Fred J. Thompson Elementary Drawing, Color Harmony, Design ' Tommy ” first gets us full of enthusiasm over his new problem. Then he brings out those impossibly good plates that the class before us did. “You’re going to do me some better ones, he says. And such is the power of his eye that we go to work actually believing him. Efi IE B. WhITTET Librarian, Library Methods She sits competently among her books, and is the gracious guardian of those tables to which we go in frantic haste. From her perpetual court of appeals in the room of plans and investigations, she sends us with sympathy and bandages, withdrawing our souls from black thoughts an d the Spirit of perdition. Amy R. Whittier Head of Teacher Training Department Miss Whittier is a perfect example of what every art teacher should be, beautifully groomed, pleasant, and in- finitely wise in the history of education and informed about the newest developments. We should like to copy her agreeable manner, her competence, — and her script writing. Und er her training there will always be fi ne teachers. Isabella T. Damrell School Secretary In her particular office of remembering where President Newell is and knowing whether he is busy, this quiet twinkly- eyed lady gives out a constant bulletin to a stream of ques- tioners. But we ask her for extra notices, too, and all sorts of things, confident of her interest and her pleasant answer.

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Raymond A. Porter Head of Modeling Department Wlien Mr. Porter says. Gather round, people,” we desert our heads down in the modeling rooms, to hear about decora- tion through the ages or Pueh lo houses, or ' what-not.” Usually, though, he regales us while we work with history and literature and inexhaustible interesting descriptions of his travels in many lands. Gustave Nils Roubound Advertising Design He storms in from the office on Tuesdays and Thursdays, demands fresh air and legitimate type faces, and then settles down docilely to discover what the designers have been doing and wonder why they did it. He possesses an endearing smile and looks entertainingly anxious when he thinks we re laughing at him. Mary M. Rugg Costume Advertising and Illustration There is always fun in the costume illustration room. It is no wonder that the fashion sketches done in her room are so clever and sparkling. They get their esprit from Mrs. Rugg, and are drawn in the up-to-date techniques that she finds out about almost as soon as they appear. loiIN IT Shar.man Advanced Drawing I le gives us devastating criticisms, groping lor the pencils and soft erasers that every one is holding out to him, re-mark- ing with a sidewise look at us out ol a mild sardonic eye ihat, if the paper were Hatter or the pencil point longer, — atui then breaking down completely and shaking with silent laughter.

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Eileen M. Kelly Dean’s Clerk It is to Mrs. Kelly that we all go, guilty and spotless, to ask if — if we may see the dean. To those who are about to enter, her smile is heartening, and to those who are depart- ing, sad and wise, her bright smile is a promise that there is always hope. Margaret C. Wolahan Bookkeeper, Stenographer With the same agreeahleness, she finds us catalogues and keys and N.Y.A. checks Even the third lost locker key brings us no rebuke. Her tolerance simply grows deeper and more imperturbable as each new flock of incorrigibles wonders if it should pay its tuitions here, and has she seen a pocketbook. Lilah M. Vaughan So ciology Dr. Vaughan, flashing in to see us only too infrequently with her red hair and smart black and white hats, is an immensely busy person, writing books and lecturing. She gives us a really applicable course in sociology, using an abundance of examples from real life to illustrate her points.